Guidebook for Casa Eduardo • Playa Larga
Parks & Nature
Actividades para los amantes de la naturaleza
Caleta Buena is an extra-hotel tourist facility located 8 km from Playa Girón in the Península de Zapata destination. This tourist product arises from the beauty of several associated natural resources: the inlet, fauna and flora. Inside this cove there is a natural pool of very transparent waters where fish of different colors and sizes are observed. The area is perfect for diving and snorkeling. It is also part of the Espeleolacustre system of the Zapata Swamp, which is considered the most extensive and conserved of the Insular Caribbean.
41 locals recommend
Caleta Buena
Caleta Buena is an extra-hotel tourist facility located 8 km from Playa Girón in the Península de Zapata destination. This tourist product arises from the beauty of several associated natural resources: the inlet, fauna and flora. Inside this cove there is a natural pool of very transparent waters where fish of different colors and sizes are observed. The area is perfect for diving and snorkeling. It is also part of the Espeleolacustre system of the Zapata Swamp, which is considered the most extensive and conserved of the Insular Caribbean.
It is a replica of a Taíno village of the ancient aborigines of Cuba, it is formed by a set of 25 sculptures on a natural scale sculpted by the prestigious Cuban sculptor Rita Longa, and there are also four huts on land and a caney - typical houses of the Cuban aborigines. In the lagoon there are endemic specimens from Cuba such as the manatee (Trichechus manatous) and the manjuarí (Lepisosteus tristoechus), which although its fishing is prohibited, if observing activities are carried out that allow the interaction of the tourist with nature and increase their knowledge about the same.
Going into the Laguna del Tesoro is a walk through the history and culture of Cuba's pre-Columbian past
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Laguna del Tesoro
It is a replica of a Taíno village of the ancient aborigines of Cuba, it is formed by a set of 25 sculptures on a natural scale sculpted by the prestigious Cuban sculptor Rita Longa, and there are also four huts on land and a caney - typical houses of the Cuban aborigines. In the lagoon there are endemic specimens from Cuba such as the manatee (Trichechus manatous) and the manjuarí (Lepisosteus tristoechus), which although its fishing is prohibited, if observing activities are carried out that allow the interaction of the tourist with nature and increase their knowledge about the same.
Going into the Laguna del Tesoro is a walk through the history and culture of Cuba's pre-Columbian past
Salinas de Brito. In a particularly beautiful area of about two thousand square kilometers, Las Salinas, in the south of the province of Matanzas, is considered by specialists to be a sanctuary for Cuban birds. The marsh system that exists in this area makes it an excellent place to shelter more than 65 migratory species that come there during the winter season between the months of October and March. During that period, birds that migrate from North America in search of better climate conditions, food and also the purpose of the necessary mating to preserve their existence stay overnight in Las Salinas. Ornithologists report the presence of the Torcaza Blanca (Columba inornata), cartacuba (
21 locals recommend
Salinas de Brito
Salinas de Brito. In a particularly beautiful area of about two thousand square kilometers, Las Salinas, in the south of the province of Matanzas, is considered by specialists to be a sanctuary for Cuban birds. The marsh system that exists in this area makes it an excellent place to shelter more than 65 migratory species that come there during the winter season between the months of October and March. During that period, birds that migrate from North America in search of better climate conditions, food and also the purpose of the necessary mating to preserve their existence stay overnight in Las Salinas. Ornithologists report the presence of the Torcaza Blanca (Columba inornata), cartacuba (
It is one of the biggest attractions in the province of Matanzas. The cave is an impressive natural clear crystal pool with more than 70 meters deep that communicates with the sea through an underground tunnel. In this beautiful place there is a varied offer that includes everything from diving to a rustic ranch where various dishes are offered including seafood and crocodile meat. The famous Cueva de los Peces is a cenote, a small and deep lagoon, which communicates with the sea through an underground tunnel. You can snorkel and inside the cave, of course, colorful tropical fish abound. Surrounded by all natural beauty, seaweed, coral and precious stones.
73 locals recommend
Cave of fishes
122It is one of the biggest attractions in the province of Matanzas. The cave is an impressive natural clear crystal pool with more than 70 meters deep that communicates with the sea through an underground tunnel. In this beautiful place there is a varied offer that includes everything from diving to a rustic ranch where various dishes are offered including seafood and crocodile meat. The famous Cueva de los Peces is a cenote, a small and deep lagoon, which communicates with the sea through an underground tunnel. You can snorkel and inside the cave, of course, colorful tropical fish abound. Surrounded by all natural beauty, seaweed, coral and precious stones.
The largest crocodile hatchery in the Cuban territory is located in the Laguna del Tesoro in the Ciénaga de Zapata where there is the largest humeral on the Island of Cuba. It was created in the early 60's from the indiscriminate hunting of these. Creating the Crocodile Farm where some 1500 specimens were placed for reproduction.
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Criadero de Cocodrilos
116The largest crocodile hatchery in the Cuban territory is located in the Laguna del Tesoro in the Ciénaga de Zapata where there is the largest humeral on the Island of Cuba. It was created in the early 60's from the indiscriminate hunting of these. Creating the Crocodile Farm where some 1500 specimens were placed for reproduction.
Un lugar perfecto para disfrutrar de la armonía con la naturaleza, el lugar está rodeado de playas, donde puede disfrutar de la brisa marina y de excelentes vistas. Para los amantes de la fotografía es perfecto por sus magníficos amaneceres y atardeceres
Playa Larga
Un lugar perfecto para disfrutrar de la armonía con la naturaleza, el lugar está rodeado de playas, donde puede disfrutar de la brisa marina y de excelentes vistas. Para los amantes de la fotografía es perfecto por sus magníficos amaneceres y atardeceres
Arts & Culture
Memorial dedicated to the battle waged by the people of Cuba against mercenary troops of Cuban origin, supported by American naval forces, which invaded the country from April 17 to 19, 1961. It exhibits the material evidence that witnessed the events that occurred in Playa Girón
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Museo de la Intervención
Memorial dedicated to the battle waged by the people of Cuba against mercenary troops of Cuban origin, supported by American naval forces, which invaded the country from April 17 to 19, 1961. It exhibits the material evidence that witnessed the events that occurred in Playa Girón
Sightseeing
It constitutes an international diving center, where you can practice this nautical modality from the coast. This site has a great beauty and abundance of coral species, gorgonians, sponges and schools of multicolored tropical fish. There is a large coral reserve, seabed of exuberant beauty and water with a pleasant temperature at any time of the year from where you can dive to the open sea or practice cave diving in flooded caves with brackish water, areas linked to the Espeleolacustre system of the Ciénaga de Zapata , for this they have a highly qualified staff. The diving center has the conditions for diving in accordance with established rules for that sport in the world. This area has
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Punta Perdíz
It constitutes an international diving center, where you can practice this nautical modality from the coast. This site has a great beauty and abundance of coral species, gorgonians, sponges and schools of multicolored tropical fish. There is a large coral reserve, seabed of exuberant beauty and water with a pleasant temperature at any time of the year from where you can dive to the open sea or practice cave diving in flooded caves with brackish water, areas linked to the Espeleolacustre system of the Ciénaga de Zapata , for this they have a highly qualified staff. The diving center has the conditions for diving in accordance with established rules for that sport in the world. This area has